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HISTORICAL SOCIETY 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



FOUNDED IN 1H66. 



"Precious is the memory of our early days. 



ST. LOUIS: 

GEORGE KNAPP & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS. 
1867 



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HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



F-OXJNOED IN 1866 



"Precious is the memory of our early days," 



ST. LOUIS 



GEOEOE KNAPP & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS. 

1867 



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CONSTITUTION 



The name of this Society is the Missouri Historical 
Society of St. Louis. 

The object of the Society is to discover, procure and 
preserve whatever of interest may relate to the natural, 
civil, literary and ecclesiastical history of St. Louis and 
Missouri. 

OFFICERS. 

The officers of the Society are : President, first Vice- 
President, second Vice-President, Corresponding Secre- 
tary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian and 
Curator. 

The President, as ex officio Chairman, the Vice-Presi- 
dents, and five other members to be annually appointed 
by the President, at the first meeting after his election, 
shall constitute a Board of Directors for this Society. 

POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

The President, or in his absence one of the Vice- 
Presidents, or in their absence a Chairman, pro tern., 
shall preside at all meetings of the Society. He shall 
also deliver an oration before the Society at the anni- 
versary meeting, unless some other person is appointed 
for that purpose by the Society. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the gene- 
ral correspondence of the Society. He shall, at every 
meeting of the Society, report such letters and com- 
munications as he may have received ; he shall prepare 
all letters to be written in connection with the business 
and objects of the Society, and transmit the same; but 
the Society may appoint a committee to prepare a let- 
ter or letters on any specific subject; he shall notify all 
members of their election, and of such other matters 
as he shall be directed by the Society, and shall trans- 
mit to them their proper diploma, or certificate of 
membership ; he shall keep true copies of all letters of 
importance written in behalf of the Society, and shall 
carefully preserve said copies, and the original of all 
letters and communications received, and shall deposit 
the same in the Library. 

RECORDING SECRETARY. 

The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the 
Seal, Charter, Constitution, By-Laws and Records of 
the Society; he, together with the presiding officer, 
shall certify all acts of the Society ; he shall give due 
notice of the time and place of all meetings of the 
Society, and attend the same ; he shall keep fair and 
accurate records of all the proceedings and orders of 
the Society, and of the Board of Directors, of which he 
is ex officio Secretary. 

TREASURER. 

The Treasurer shall collect and have charge of the 
funds and securities of the Society; he shall pay no 
moneys, except by vote of the Society, or by order of 



the Board of Directors; he shall keep regular and 
faithful accounts of all the moneys and securities of 
the Society that may come into his hands, and of all 
receipts and expenditures connected with the same, and 
shall present a full and accurate report thereof to the 
Society at their annual meeting. His accounts shall 
always be open to the inspection of the Board of Di- 
rectors. 

LIBRARIAN. 

The Librarian, in connection with the Board of Di- 
rectors, shall have charge and control of all the books, 
tracts, maps, manuscripts and other property of the 
Society appropriate to a library, and prepare and keep 
a proper catalogue of the same ; he shall acknowledge 
donations to the library, under the seal of the Society ; 
he shall keep a regular and exact account of all books 
taken out, with the names of the persons who take 
them, and the dates when they were borrowed and re- 
turned ; he shall report in writing to the Board of Di- 
rectors, before each monthly meeting, the name of 
every book that has been out of the library for a 
longer time than is permitted by the By-Laws, and the 
names of the persons having borrowed such books, and 
also any injury to the books or other property in his 
charge and not repaired, and the names of the persons 
responsible therefor ; he shall, at every monthly meet- 
ing, report all donations made to the library since the 
last monthly meeting, with the name of the donors, and 
at the annual meeting shall present a statement of the 
condition and wants of the library ; and he shall be 
present in person, or by his assistant, at the regular 
hours, and at such other times as may be appointed for 
keeping it open. 



CURATOR. 

The Curator shall have charge of all coins, works of 
art, remains of antiquities, curiosities of nature, and 
other articles appropriate to the Society's museum, and 
shall make and keep correct catalogues of the same; he 
shall acknowledge donations made to the museum; at 
every monthly meeting, he shall report whatever may 
have been added to the collections of the museum ; and 
at the annual meeting he shall present a full report of 
its condition and progress. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

The Board of Directors shall have general control 
of the property and affairs of the Society ; they shall 
have power to authorize the disbursement and expend- 
iture of unappropriated moneys in the treasury for the 
payment of the salaries, current expenses, fitting up 
the library and museum, the ordinary purchase of 
books, binding, repairing, printing, stationery, and 
other necessary outlays ; they shall, in connection with 
the Librarian and Curator, have charge of the regula- 
tion and arrangement of the library and museum, and 
shall, before the annual meeting in each year, make a 
careful examination of the same — comparing the books, 
manuscripts, and other articles in each with their cata- 
logues respectively, and report at the annual meeting 
in detail concerning their condition; they shall have 
authority to examine the accounts of the Treasurer, 
and shall examine and audit his annual report at least 
one week before it is presented to the Society; it shall 
be their duty to solicit and receive donations for the 
Society; to recommend plans for promoting its objects, 
and generally to superintend the interests of the Society, 



and execute all such duties as may be committed to 
them by the Society ; they shall, at every regular 
meeting of the Society, report all their transactions 
since the last meeting, presenting, at the same time, 
such business as they may deem advisable ; they shall 
prepare and arrange, as far as may be in their power, 
the order of literary exercises ) at the annual meeting 
they shall make a full and general report of the condi- 
tion of the Society. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

The Society shall consist of resident, corresponding 
and honorary members. The number of resident mem- 
bers shall be unlimited, and they shall be persons re- 
siding in the city of St. Louis or its immediate vicinity. 
Corresponding and honorary members shall be persons 
residing elsewhere. 

Eesident members, on removing from this city or its 
immediate vicinity, and on giving notice thereof to the 
Kecording Secretary, shall thereafter be corresponding 
members; and in like manner corresponding members 
coming to reside in the city or immediate vicinity, shall 
cease to be corresponding members, and on giving like 
notice shall thereafter be resident members. 

ELECTIONS. 

The officers of this Society shall be elected by ballot 
at the annual meeting held on Saturday preceding the 
11th day of August of each year, and shall thereafter 
hold their respective positions for one year, and until 
others shall be chosen in their places ; and until the 
first election of officers under this Constitution, the 
Society shall at once proceed to elect such officers, who 



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shall hold and continue in office until their successors 
shall have been duly elected and qualified. 

Members shall be elected as follows : The candidates 
shall be proposed publicly at a meeting of the Society 
by a resident member; but in case of rejection, or until 
the election of the candidate, members are bound in 
honor not to disclose the name. The nominations, to- 
gether with the name of the member making them, 
shall be entered on the minutes, and referred to the 
Board of Directors; the reports of Directors recom- 
mending candidates for election shall be made to the 
Society at a regular meeting following that at which 
the nominations were made; and if any member de- 
mand a ballot, the election shall be by ballot, and seven 
negative votes shall exclude ; if no ballot be demanded, 
the candidates so recommended shall be declared duly 
elected members of the Society. 

FEES AND DUES. 

Each resident member shall on admission pay ten 
dollars ($10) as initiation fees and dues for the current 
year, and annually thereafter five dollars ($5) as dues-; 
or, in lieu thereof, a life-membership fee of fifty dollars 
($50) as a commutation for all regular fees and dues. 
Should any member fail to pay the said fees and dues 
for two years successively, or at any time refuse to pay 
the same, the Board of Directors shall erase his name 
from the list of members, and he shall no longer be a 
member of the Society. 

QUORUM. 

At every regular meeting eight members shall be a 
quorum for the transaction of business; but the elec- 



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lion or expulsion of members, or in the alteration or 
amendment of the Constitution, or other important 
matter not already having received the sanction of the 
Board of Directors, fifty of the active members shall 
constitute a quorum. 

ALTERATION OR AMENDMENT OF THIS CONSTITUTION. 

There shall be no alteration or amendment of this 
Constitution, except on vote of two-thirds of the active 
members ; and no such amendment or alteration shall 
be finally acted upon except at a regular meeting, unless 
notice thereof in writing shall have been given one 
month previous. 



BY-LAWS 



This Society shall be governed by the strict rules of 
Parliamentary practice as set forth in Cushing's Man- 
ual. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 



PRESIDENT. 

Hon. James H. Lucas. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Eev. Wm. G. Eliot, D.D., 
Hon. Wilson Primm. 

RECORDING SECRETARY. 

Gen. Nathan Eanney. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

TV. F. Cozzens. 

TREASURER. 

Hon. John F. Darby. 



NAMES OF MEMBERS. 



G. B. Allen, 
R. L. Anderson, 
Barton Able, 
S. W. Adreon, 



B. W. Alexander, 
W. S. Allen, 
J. H. Alexander, 
J. TV. Allen. 



C. Boswell, 
F. L. Billon, 
Silas Bent, 
L. D. Baker, 
M. Brotherton, 
J. G. Barry, 
Lewis Bissell, 
H. B. Brant, 
H. E. Bridge, 
J. Blattner, 
J. Bryan, 
Edward Brooks, 
W. Berry, 
R. H. Betts, 
R. A. Barrett, 
P. Beher, 
Harry Boggs, 
T. A. Buckland, 
P. A. Berthold, 



L. A. Benoist, 
Edward Bates, 
R. A. Barnes, 
Paul Berger, 
G. K. Budd, 
J. B. Bowlin, 
L. B. Bogy, 
H. B. Belt, 
J. H. Beach, 
J. C. Barlow, 
TV. L. Bingam, 
N. Brazeau, 
P. E. Blow, 
S. Blood, 
G. TV. Boyd, 
J. N. Bofinger, 
Theron Barnum, 
J. L. Butler, 
J. A. Bellissine, 
J. R. Bull. 



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Nathan Cole, 
Robert Campbell, 
J. H. Conrij 
A. Christy, 
W. F. Cozzens, 
J. Cheever, 
F. M. Colburn, 
J. A. Conant, 
W. Carr, 
P. G. Camden, 
N. E. Chapman, 
H. Cobb, 
P. St. Cyr, 



Samuel Conway, 
H. L. Clark, 
C. P. Chouteau, 
A. Chenie, 
J. E. D. Cozzens, 
C. J. Carpenter, 
G. Chouteau, 
J. G. Copelin, 
W. P. Curtis, 
M. Colony, 
J. G. Chapman, 
Samuel Copp, 
J. H. Comfort, 
L. Chadwick. 



J. F. Darby, 

Richard Dowling, 

Hiram Darby, 

J. P. Doan, 

R. A. Darst, 

D. II. Dumaine, 

N. M. Demenil, M.D., 

T. B. Dutcher, 

H. N. Davis, 

J. Davis, 

John D. Daggett, 

J. 



Edward Dobyns, 
G. W. Dreyer, 
L. Dumaine, 
B. Dumaine, 
J. Dunklin, 
G. S. Drake, 
J. W. Deming, 
J. N. Dyer, 
Ira Divoll, 
Robert Dougherty 
D. H. Donovan, 
Donnallan. 



W. G. Eliot, 
L. E. Easton, 
T. B. Edgar, 
J. C. Edgar, 
E. 0. English, 
J. E. Evans, 



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J. B. Eads. 



J. E. Edgar, 
G. Engelmann, 
A. R. Easton, 
G. Erskine, 
W. L. Ewing, 
Elkanah English, 



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W. Fayette, 




Isaiah Forbes, 


J. Ford, 




Chauncey I. Filley, 


J. Fogg, 




L. E. Forsyth, 


C. A. Fenn, 




J. Finney, 


G. D. Filley, 


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W. G. Fife. 


Samuel Gaty, 




W. W. Greene, 


A. Gamble, 




T. T. Gantt, 


0. Garrison, 




W. Glasgow, jr., 


0. Greene, 




J. H. Gay, 


J. Garrison, 




A. B. Garrison, 


Charles Gibson, 




M. L. Gray, 


J. H. Gerdemann, 




E. J. Glasgow, 


Howard Gray, 


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W. T. Gay. 


John How, 




D. B. Hill, 


C. L. Hunt, 




D. P. Hall, 


T. B. Hudson, 




Samuel Hawkins, 


A. W. How, 




S. T. Hatch, 


W. S. Humphreys, 




E. Ham, 


S. B. Hortiz, 




C. Hequembourg, 


A. DeHault de Lassus, 




P. N. Ham, 


Chas. Holmes, 




D. Hough, 


Edward Harens, 


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R. J. Howard. 


J. 


F. Imbs. 


D. A. January, 


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J. B. Johnson, M.D 


J. M. Krum, 




Z. K. Knott, 


J. K. Knight, 




Wyllys King, 


Mortimer Kennett, 




Luther M. Kennett, 


John Knapp,, 




George Knapp, 


Wm. C. Kennett, 




Geo. W. Kennedy. 



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J. H. Lucas, 
W. Lemp, 
A. L. Lyle, 
J. E. Liggett, 
J. H. Loker, 
J. Long, 
J. W. Luke, 
Theo. Labeaume, 

J. Maguire, 

E. Mead, 

W. N. McQueen, 

A. Meier, 
J. Mullery, 
N. Mullikin, 
L. McKee, 
T. Mad d ox, 
Jonas Moore, 

M. Martin, M.D., 

B. B. Minor, 



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H. C. Lynch, 
S. H. Laflin, 
W. Linge, 
W. Long, 
J. Laveille, 
W. A. Lynch, 
L. Leduc , 
W. H. Leffingwell. 

J. McEvoy, 
G. H. Morgan, 
A. Maxwell, 
A. B. Morean, 
W. M. McPherson, 
M. V. L. McClelland, 
J. J. Middleton, 
M. M. Meyer, 
W. S. Moseley, 
John McKnight, 
W. Morrison. 



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Thomas S. Nelson, J. M. N. Nolan. 

A. K. Northrup. 



H. B. Orteiz, 



II. O'Reilly, 



J. O'Neil. 



N. Paschall, 

C. H. Pond, 

B. Philibert, 

N. H. Parker, 

W. H. Pennington, 

S. V. Papin, 

W. M. Page, 



E. W. Paul, 
G. P. Plant, 
W. H. Pulsifer, 
A. M. Pocoke, 
J. M. Piatt, 
D. D. Page, 
Wilson Prinim, 



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D. Provenehere, 
Austin Piggott, 
Charles H. Peck, 
T. H. Papin, 

E. C. Pike, 
R. M. Parks, 
George Pegram, 
Bernard Pratte, 
J. S. Pease, 

J. 0. Pierce, 



S. D. Porter, 
A. Paul, 
L. I. Papin, 
Thomas Payne, 
E. S. Polkoniski, 
A. Phillips, 
W. A. Pile, 
Bernard Pratte, jr., 
C. Pullis, 
J. G. Priest, 



H. Pilkington. 



L. G. Quinlan, 

Nathan Ranney, 
H. B. V. Reilly, 
S. Ridgeley, 
W. K. Rule, 
A. S. Robinson, 
J. J. Roe, 
George Robinson, 
Chas. Rogers, 



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0. Quinett. 

S. A. Ranlett, 
B. J. Reiily, 
J. M. Riley, 
Thomas Richeson, 
Thomas G. Reyburn, 
S. H. Robins, 
J. H. Robins, 
W. Roche. 



Elihu H. Shepard, 
M. Steitz, 
C. Speck, 
C. Starklin, 
G. L. Stansbury, 
C. Sage, 
J. H. Sparr, 
J. M. Slevin, 
0. D. Sullivan, 
P. F. Schermer, 
Samuel Stillwell, 
R. H. Spencer, 



E. M. Samuel, 
H. Shaw, 
J. H. Sturgeon, 
W. Schrader, 
G. N. Stevens, 
J. Smith, 

D. Shepperd, 
Sol. Smith, 
H. W. Smith, 
S. G. Sears, 
A. 0. Stanard, 

E. A. Skeele, 



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A. H. Smith, 
W. Sigerson, 
Gen. Simpson, 
T. E. Semper, 
J. G. Soulard, 
L. Schofflee, 

Albert Todd, 
E. P. Tesson, 
C. F. Tracey, 
T. H. Taylor, 
Charles L. Tucker, 



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J. Valle, 

I. M. Veitch, 

A. Valle, 



F. W. Southwick, 
B. F. Shumard, M.D., 
J. W. Skinner, 
J. H. Simpson, 
Robert Simpson. 
W. S. Stamps. 

R. P. Todd, 
D. G. Taylor, 
W. C. Taylor, 
James S. Thomas, 
H. M. Thompson, 
P. Taussett, 
Geo. Trask. 

James Virdin, 
D. Valle, 
Win. Vanzant, 
Von Phul. 



Henry 



J. Wolff, 

Samuel Willi, 

Samuel B. Wiggins, 

J. Withnel, 

W. D. Wood, 

W. S. Winter, 

David White, 

Otis West, 

J. Whitehill, 

J. C. Way, 

Chas. C. Whittelsey, 



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W. West. 



Z. F. Wetzell, 

D. T. Wright, 
R. Warren, 
G. W. West, 
M. W. Warne, 

E. T. Ware, 

W. H. Weightman, 
J. J. Wilkinson, 
P. Weizenecker, 
C. Waters, 
C. E. Wells, 



John Young, 



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E. J. Xaupi. 

J. E. Yeatman, 
H. C. Yaeger. 



P. S. — If any members' names are omitted in the above list, 
they will please inform the Secretary of the fact. 

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